Success doubled by Generosity - Thank you Rabat American School

As a volunteer, I get to meet great people who inspire my work by their commitment and generosity. A new friend is the Rabat American School (RAS), a pre-K to grade 12 school in Rabat, Morocco. Their website is www.ras.mas. I sent am email to RAS about the Zerktouni Computer project, hoping teachers or administration would want to make a donation. I was thrilled to get a quick response. RAS had a number of computers they had retired and were hoping to give them a new home. The stars had aligned and RAS and Zerktouni Primary school were about to become good friends. I, along with the president of the school's parent association, Mohamed Matallah, traveled to Rabat to pick up the computers. We had a great day seeing the school and meeting teachers and administration. In total, RAS donated fifteen computer units to Zerktouni. Somehow, as if by magic, all 15 monitors and computers, plus a printer, fit into the back of the small pickup truck we had traveled in (see photo). On behalf of Zerktouni Primary school we thank and applaud Rabat American School for their kind gift and their commitment to the school's vision: "Learning in a world community".

Here is the exciting part of RAS's donation: when myself and Zerktouni School first drafted the project proposal asking for computers, Zerktouni hoped to get 20 computers. But when we crunched the numbers and consider the 25% community contribution, we realized our budget only allowed for 10 computers. Thanks to RAS's donation of 15 computer units, we exceeded the number of computers we hoped to obtain. Now, Zerktouni has a total of 35 computers for the 500 students. When the students have computer time, each student gets to use their own computer. The gift of education makes a brighter future for all of us - Thank you RAS!